6 Responses for "HALTON"

1. david gates September 18th, 2008 at 12:03 pm 1

   Too close to call. Should be CPC but Garth Turner brings uncertainty as few opinions of him are neutral. The CPC candidate, Lisa Raitt, is likely capable but was dropped into the riding at the last munite.

2. Scott D September 24th, 2008 at 7:38 am 2

   Lisa Raitt who screwed and sued Toronto as the head of the Port Authority and then runs for a Toronto hating party. See a pattern ?

3. JohnR September 25th, 2008 at 3:11 pm 3

   People in Milton have a strong dislike for Turner. Lisa canvassed my door the other day, seems nice and competent. the Torys won this riding last time. I see lots of signs on public property for all candidates, but Lisa seems to have the edge in signs in neighbourhoods – and those signs mean votes. Id call this one for them.

4. Mark N September 25th, 2008 at 7:11 pm 4

   It wouldn’t surprise me to see Mr. Turner take this, simply on the strength of populism. He’s out there, hard to miss, and the Conservative, Raitt, is a transplant candidate, dropped in on top of the riding’s choice.

   Should be a fun one, either way.

5. JSmith September 29th, 2008 at 8:24 pm 5

   This is a riding the Conservatives have targeted for special attention, so the sign wars are hard to go by. In fact, my neighbourhood has more Green signs than the rest combined. It also depends where you look – the Liberals haven’t really gotten to ‘old’ Milton yet, but the new developments are a sea of red.

   A couple of other factors to consider: the population here has grown by tens of thousands since the last election. Most of those new residents are from Toronto and Mississauga, and a large percentage are new or recent Canadians – all good for the Liberals, according to conventional wisdom. Plus, Turner has name recognition within (and without) the riding, whereas Raitt has zero. Unfortunately, some of that name recognition is of him as “that blowhard who has that blog”.

   Also, the local Conservative riding members are extremely angry over the parachuting of Raitt into the riding. Others are extremely angry that Turner joined the Liberals. Many are both (and they have a blog!). It’s a very angry riding. No telling if any of that anger extends to the rank and file, but people are certainly aware of it.

   Overall, it’s a crap shoot. One promise, though – Halton is a red/blue race. Not much hope for the NDP or Greens, despite the signs.

6. King of Kensington October 12th, 2008 at 6:36 pm 6

   One of the toughest ones to call…Garth Turner has his personal following but his joining the Liberal caucus while denouncing others for floor crossing comes across as hypocritical. I’ll give the Tories a slight edge.